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Single Idea 20815
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
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Full Idea
According to the Stoics the wise man is hitherto undiscovered.
Gist of Idea
No wise man has yet been discovered
Source
report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by M. Tullius Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') 2.133
Book Ref
'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.85
A Reaction
This could plausibly be axiomatic for the whole of philosophy, since the subject is the 'love of wisdom', and not its acquisition. The subject is the pursuit of wisdom, which would be pointless if we already had it.
The
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[doubts about the high status of wisdom]:
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Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age
[Plato]
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Our life is the creation of our mind
[Anon (Dham)]
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8766
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In much wisdom is much grief
[Anon (Ecc)]
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20815
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No wise man has yet been discovered
[Stoic school, by Cicero]
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6263
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No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air
[Montaigne]
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8093
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Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
[Joubert]
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7170
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'Wisdom' attempts to get beyond perspectives, making it hostile to life
[Nietzsche]
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14890
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Suffering is the meaning of existence
[Nietzsche]
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18290
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But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek?
[Nietzsche]
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19608
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Wisdom is just the last gasp of a dying civilization
[Cioran]
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23064
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So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting
[Cioran]
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9764
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Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy
[Quine]
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9247
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Life will be lived better if it has no meaning
[Camus]
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3240
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There is more insight in fundamental perplexity about problems than in their supposed solutions
[Nagel]
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7490
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Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded
[Watson]
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19695
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The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled
[Whitcomb]
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